Meaning of the nameTayane
- Female
- Tay-a-ne
Tayane is a spelling of the name Taiane.
Meaning
The meaning of Tayane is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 8,751
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,878
- Median age
- 24 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,620
- people
Tayane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Tayane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,217 people).
8,706 women 45 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Tayane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Tayane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.010%
- Pará 0.009%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.008%
- Maranhão 0.008%
- Distrito Federal 0.007%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,342 | 0.008% |
| São Paulo | 1,102 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 821 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 696 | 0.009% |
| Maranhão | 561 | 0.008% |
| Ceará | 549 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 446 | 0.005% |
| Amazonas | 401 | 0.010% |
| Bahia | 341 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 294 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 225 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 222 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 207 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 187 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 180 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 157 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 139 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 135 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 133 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 132 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 124 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 111 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 72 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 56 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 40 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 40 | 0.005% |
| Roraima | 38 | 0.006% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Tayane
It swaps the i for a y; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the variants of Taiane, alongside Tayanne.
About the name Taiane
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) says the origin of Taiane is quite disputed: perhaps a variant of Tatiane, from the Russian Tatiana; perhaps from Daiane, with an alternation between d and t; perhaps from the Tupi Tainá with the suffix -ane. Its Morfemário explains that the formative -ane comes from the French -anne and became more popular in Brazil from the 1950s on. For that reason the meaning is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 27,554 people named Taiane, almost always women, with a median age of 25. The same dictionary groups Tayane, Thaiane and Thayane among the spelling variants.
Other spellings of Taiane
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Taiane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Tayane
What does the name Tayane mean?
The meaning of Tayane is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Tayane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,751 people with the first name Tayane, which ranks it number 1,878 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Tayane a boy's or a girl's name?
Tayane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,706 women and 45 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Tayane most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.010% of the state's population is named Tayane (401 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Tayane?
Taiane, Thayane and Thaiane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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